A few weeks ago I attended my first ever actual sewing class at Cotton and Chocolate Quilting Company in Thousand Oaks. I am pretty fortunate to live so close, as this store is pretty well known in the surrounding areas for having a wide array of amazing fabrics and fabulous instructors.
I ended up selecting the Friendship Braid Quilt class, the pattern is from this book: Jelly Roll Quilts and the sneak peak above is my quilt in progress.
My instructor Diane was awesome! She was not only a lot of fun, but I was impressed that she not only offered clear instructions to get us going, but was able to move fluidly around the class spending time with each of us and always seemed to be "right there" when you needed her most.
I would definitely recommend taking a class at Cotton and Chocolate if you happen to be in or live near the area.
In case you are curious the fabrics are once again Kaffee Fasett, can you tell I have a bit of a love affair going on? I have completed the vast majority of the piecing and once I decide on the border and backing fabric I will be finishing the quilt top and moving on to the sandwiching and quilting stages!
Other news, I mentioned awhile back a special surprise and here she is.......
I have finally upgraded my trusty Hello Kitty sewing machine! After much research and a lot of thought I decided on a Bernina 330. While this is on the lower end of Bernina models it still has heads and tails more functionality than my Hello Kitty machine and the stitch quality (which was my chief complaint about the older machine) is beautiful!
This is looking to be an exciting year for sewing!
Congrats on the new sewing machine! It's exciting to take classes, and today I'm headed to my first serger class! Thousands Oaks is a bit too far for me to see the store in person, but maybe the next time I'm on my way to San Francisco, I'll give it a look. I'm always on the lookout for new fabric!
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